Whoever sheds man’s blood, his blood will be shed by man, for God made man in his own image.
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Genesis 9:6 in context
Genesis 9:3–9
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Every moving thing that lives will be food for you. As I gave you the green herb, I have given everything to you.
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But flesh with its life, that is, its blood, you shall not eat.
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I will surely require accounting for your life’s blood. At the hand of every animal I will require it. At the hand of man, even at the hand of every man’s brother, I will require the life of man.
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Whoever sheds man’s blood, his blood will be shed by man, for God made man in his own image.
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Be fruitful and multiply. Increase abundantly on the earth, and multiply in it.”
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God spoke to Noah and to his sons with him, saying,
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“As for me, behold, I establish my covenant with you, and with your offspring after you,
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